Roundtable of the Seminars of the 21st Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil  | Imagined Communities, held at Sesc 24 de Maio (São Paulo) in October and November 2019.

Debaters:

GUILHERME WISNIK — Lecturer at Universidade de São Paulo’s Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, he was curator-general of the 10th Bienal de Arquitetura de São Paulo (2013). He is the author of Infinito vão: 90 anos de arquitetura brasileira (Casa da Arquitectura de Portugal, 2018, with Fernando Serapião) and Dentro do nevoeiro: arte, arquitetura e tecnologia contemporâneas (Ubu, 2018).

LAYMERT GARCIA DOS SANTOS — Professor with the sociology department at Unicamp, Laymert coordinates the Laboratory for Network-based Culture and Technology at Instituto Século 21, São Paulo. His published works include Amazônia transcultural (Edições n-1, 2016) and Politizar as novas tecnologias: o impacto sócio-técnico da informação digital e genética (Editora 34, 2003).

Mediator:

LUISA DUARTE —Art critic, curator, lecturer, and former member of the advisory board to MAM São Paulo (2009–2012). In conjunction with Adriano Pedrosa, she edited the book ABC – Arte brasileira contemporânea (Cosac Naify, 2014). Her curatorial projects include Quarta-feira de cinzas (Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, 2015) and Tunga – O rigor da distração (MAR, 2018), both in Rio de Janeiro.